Electricity in the Body

[BobLfoot 302]

We've had posts about "wierd" eledtrical installations in Industry, the home and public places but I recently encountered electricity in a very unlikely place, my mouth. I recently had an old filling chip and need repair work. I went to my trusty dentist and he proceeded to install a new addendum filling to my much older one. About 3 hours later when the anisthetic wore off I had a shooting pain about every 3 to 10 minutes. Turns out the two filling metals and the acid in the saliva of my mouth created a crude battery what dentists call "galvanic shock". The current is 5 microamperes which while small is 1000 times larger than the current of nerves. It has settled down now, but I felt it worth sharing with the other "old-timers" here at mrplc. Beware of what metal you let your dentist put into your mouth. The results can be painful.

[Duffanator 1]

I'm surprised your dentist didn't know about that before he did it.

[BobLfoot 302]

He did but it is a rare occurance and he did not anticipate the problem.

[Leitmotif 0]

Piece of aluminum foil in mouth will do the same thing Dan Bentler

[TConnolly 13]

At least you didn't start receiving radio stations like Gilligan did....

[Leitmotif 0]

I never got radio reception mostly because I found the effect very electrifying, spit out the aluminum foil and never took the time to cut the foil to the correct wavelength to get the station. Dan Bentler